Zeldin to Newsmax: EPA Can Protect Environment, Boost Economy

Lee Zeldin, who took over as administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency in January, told Newsmax on Wednesday that the EPA under President Donald Trump can “protect the environment and grow the economy.”

“The left claimed there was a binary choice: You can either protect the environment or grow the economy. The Trump EPA rejects that. We choose both. We believe that you can protect the environment and grow the economy.”

“That’s very important. That’s what the American public voted for. And that’s what they demanded when they went to the polls last fall. So we’re going to heed those calls,” Zeldin said on “The Chris Salcedo Show.”